Today, 30 May 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    AFTERNOONEDITION
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    Lock icon EU puts Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on terror list
    471 1 BLOOMBERG THE European Union has listed Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organisation in a bid to push the separatist movement back to peace talks and avert a full resumption of the South Asian island's two-decade civil war. Sri Lanka's
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    Lock icon Java's torture by rain
    611 1 Emergency declared as quake toll rises, human waste becomes a threat BANTUL (Indonesia) As grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses, Indonesia's earthquake tragedy appeared to be spiralling out of control. The death toll has crossed the 5,100 mark. Overwhelmed by the
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    HOW YOU CAN HELP
    163 1 The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is organising a fund-raising effort for Indonesia's quake victims. Donation boxes marked "Humanitarian Aid to Earthquake Victims in Indonesia" will be placed in 69 mosques islandwide until Friday. The funds raised will be channelled to Mercy Relief. Cash and
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  • hot news
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      $18m anti-riot boost
      583 2  -  S Police gear up ahead of IMF-World Bank summit cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WITH less than four months to go before Singapore hosts the International Monetary Fund and World Bank summit, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has called on the Republic's police force to ready
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      Lock icon S'pore 'wants Australia to review air access'
      127 2 BLOOMBERG THE Singapore Government wants a review of Australia's so-called open skies policy to be part of negotiations on a freetrade accord, the Australian Financial Review reports today, citing Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile. On Feb 21, the Australian government rejected a request
      — BLOOMBERG  -  127 words
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      BUSINESS AND THE 'TRICKLE-DOWN' MYTH
      853 3  -  WILLIAM PFAFF The new US corporate model reflects a lack of concern for the labour force THE ENRON verdicts are one more blow to a new United States model of capitalism already heavily criticised for its gross abuse of common-sense moral values. US economist Robert
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  • Singapore news
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      Bodies chopped – but each case is different
      429 4  - Bodies chopped but each case is different ANSLEYNG Judge in Aguilar case says she displayed a tortured mind a nsley@newstoday.com.sg WITHIN two weeks, the trials of two killings where both victims were strangled then chopped up to be disposed in similar fashion came to a close, but with quite different
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      Say 'no' to workplace discrimination
      231 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE'S first concerted effort at stemming workplace discrimination started last Monday, when the newly-formed Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices met for the first time to map out their gameplan. The alliance as reported by this newspaper yesterday will be
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      Two S'poreans die in M'sia bus accident
      242 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG TWO Singaporeans a driver and a six-year-old boy were killed on Sunday after a tour bus travelling back from Mersing spun out of control and crashed down a hill during heavy downpour. The bus was carrying a Malaysian tour guide and 36
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon SIF TO OPEN BANDA ACEH SCHOOL
        184 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Singapore International Foundation (SlF)will build a boarding school in Indonesia's Banda Aceh for children left orphans following the 2004 tsunami. The $5-million orphanage-cum-school will have 20 classrooms and will cater for up to 600 students up to senior high school level.
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        CCX GRAVES TO BE EXHUMED
        82 6 Some 17,300 graves at the Chua Chu Kang (CCX) cemetery will be exhumed from June 1 in the National Environment Agency's (NEA) second phase of the CCX Exhumation Programme. So far, however, the NEA has received only 2,649 claims for the graves, which date between
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      Lock icon A welcome port of call
      699 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH PSA's Grace Fu is primed for new job as Minister of State for National Development christie@newstoday.com.sg GRACE FU thrives in uncharted waters. In fact, her appetite for adrenaline used to convince her that sailing with the Opposition camp was "more fun" than joining
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      Want healthy bottomlines? Look to women
      298 8  -  TOR CHING LI IT PAYS to be gender blind in the workplace. According to a recent indepth international study by Caliper, a global human resources consulting firm, women business leaders consistently scored higher in persuasiveness, risk appetite and tenacity. Releasing its survey findings yesterday,
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      Tackling the mystery of oral cancer
      361 8  -  CHEOWXINYI Singapore and India collaborate on oral cancer research xi nyic@newstoday.com.sg YOU may have heard about Raffles Junior College student Joan Chan's lost battle with tongue cancer. What many do not know is that by contracting the disease at the age of 18, she
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      Poison perfume email a hoax
      207 8  -  LINYANQIN DON'T pay any attention to any e-mails from Gleneagles Hospital warning you about deaths being caused by inhaling poisonous perfume samples it's somebody's idea of a joke. The email sent by "Meiling" from Gleneagles Hospital claimed that seven women have died from inhaling poisonous
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Villagers return, await Merapi's 'shaggy goats'
      599 10 -AFP Volcano's rumbling, recent quake are warning from spirits: Villagers MOUNT MERAPI Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, located near the epicentre of a strong earthquake at the weekend, showed increased activity yesterday, even as villagers in its vicinity said the quake and Merapi's rumblings should
      -AFP; AFF  -  599 words
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi's detention is not an international issue: Myanmar
      212 10 AGENCIES PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) Myanmar's Foreign Minister yesterday insisted pro-democ-racy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest was a domestic issue, and hinted that she would not be freed anytime soon despite international pressure. Mr Nyan Win declined to explain the reason
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        Lock icon AFGHANS RIOT AFTER US TROOPS KILL FOUR
        69 10 -AFP Rioting broke out in the Afghan capital of Kabul yesterday as hundreds of people demonstrated in the streets after United States troops shot dead at least four civilians. Several volleys of gunfire that lasted over an hour were heard near the diplomatic
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        Lock icon BLAST MASTERMINDS SENTENCED TO DEATH
        72 10 -AFP Two Islamic militants charged with masterminding a series of deadly blasts across Bangladesh were sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of two judges. Shaikh Abdur Rahman, leader of the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and his second-in-command, Siddiqul Islam, shouted "Thanks to God"
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        Lock icon CHINA IMPOSES FINES FOR INTERNET PIRACY
        64 10 BLOOMBERG From July 1, China will fine individuals and companies that distribute illegally-copied music, movies, photographs and text via the Internet. The fines will cost offenders up to 100,000 yuan ($19,700). The authorities may also confiscate computers and other equipment used for making and
        — BLOOMBERG  -  64 words
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      Lock icon Thai election officials in court
      194 10 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's election commissioners appeared in court yesterday on charges that they conspired with the ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party to rig last month's snap polls, officials said. The main opposition Democrat Party have brought the charges against the four commissioners, who have
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      Lock icon Aussie model wore burga 'to avoid rape'
      210 12 SYDNEY Australian model Michelle Leslie, 25, wore a burqa when she was imprisoned on drugs charges in the Indonesian island of Bali to avoid being raped, she told New Idea magazine. Ms Leslie said she got up one night in the Indonesian prison
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      Iran researching nuclear fusion
      273 12 TEHRAN Iran said yesterday it had conducted research into nuclear fusion, a process than carries the promise of clean, inexhaustible supplies of energy but one that triggers the destructive power of the hydrogen bomb. "The first research of nuclear fusion in Iran was done five years
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      Lock icon Splits emerge in Timor
      423 12 —AFP Protesters call for PM's removal as government holds talks amid violence and humanitarian crisis DILI The President of violence-wracked Timor Leste, Mr Xanana Gusmao, yesterday called for reconciliation between warring groups from the nation's east and west as crowds outside his palace blamed the unrest
      —AFP; AFF  -  423 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TERRORIST SUSPECTS HELD
        54 12 BLOOMBERG Malaysia has arrested 12 members of an Indonesian terrorist group suspected of planning attacks in neighbouring countries, the Star newspaper has reported, citing people it did not identify. The men, who were arrested in the Sandakan and Tawau areas of Sabah, are suspected members of the
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        Lock icon WATCH OUT FOR TOXIC DUMPLINGS IN CHINA
        100 12 —AP China is warning that dumplings, known as zongzi, being sold for the popular Dragon Boat festival this week might contain toxic chemicals used to keep their bamboo leaf wrappings bright green. A spot check found that many used copper sulphate or copper
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        Lock icon RECOVERING SUHARTO TO BE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL?
        67 12 —AFP The health of former Indonesian dictator Suharto has improved dramatically and he could be discharged from hospital as early as this week, his medical team said yesterday. "Mr Suharto's digestive system and other organ functions have improved. He's no longer receiving blood
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      isay LET'S NOT FORGET THE REASON WHY WE GIVE
      784 14  -  JEREMY LIM "EVERY night, when the lights are out, I dream of becoming a scientist or writer so that I can effect change and make a positive difference in the life of others." That was one of my lines for my
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    • Letter
      Market value matters
      264 15  -  LEE LENG KIONG (MRS) Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) WE REFER to the letter by Mr and Mrs Yeo Chor Hock, "A Duty, but whose values do we take?" (May 22). The current Stamp Duty law provides for stamp duty to
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    • Letter
      The art of pleas in mitigation
      205 15  -  PHILIP JEYARETNAM Letter from President, The Law Society of Singapore I REFER to the letter, "Fine-tun-ing the scales of justice" (May 24). The writer of the letter suggested that the Law Society run courses to help lawyers improve their pleas in mitigation in court.
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    • Letter
      An exit at Bendemeer Road will cause 'weaving situation'
      272 15  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director Media Relations Land Transport Authority (LTA) I REFER to Mr Andrew P X Yap's letter, "Motorists should have a say in flyover construction" (May 23). The slip road from Geylang Road and Sims Avenue to the
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      272 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON FOR BETTER OR FOR... WHAT? Did you hearthe one about the wedding ceremony where the minister said: "Do you take this woman for better or for worse? For richer orfor poorer? In sickness and in health?" And the groom replied: "Yes, no, yes,
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    • Where do bicycles belong?
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        LTA, police to work together to come up with cycling rules
        202 16  -  ALEXANDER VOON YIN KHIONG Letter from WHILE cycling along Marina Bay one night, we were stopped at a police roadblock. We were surprised when the police told us that cyclists should be on the pavement The Land Transport Authority's
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        Lock icon Most cyclists are careful when riding on pavements
        271 16  -  HENDRITEO Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Paltry $20-fine is insufficient to deter cycling on pavements" (May 29) by Leong Lip Wee and seek his understanding to spare a thought for us cyclists too. I understand that according to the law,
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        Road users, learn to be more tolerant
        137 16  -  CHRIS CHEW Letter from ALTHOUGH I am not a cyclist, I sympathise with their plight. Look at it this way: How many fatal accidents on pedestrian walkways are caused by cyclists each year? Almost none. Contrast this statistic with how many cyclists are
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        Cyclists, give way to pedestrians
        105 16  -  EVEUNTEO Letter from I AGREE with Leong Lip Wee's views on preventing cyclists from endangering road users. This is a common sight we see every day. Even when there are many pedestrians, cyclists do not even bother to dismount to push their bicycles but prefer
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Citibank Singapore enjoys $508m profit in first year
      211 18 -DOW JONES CITIBANK Singapore, the local consumer banking unit of Citigroup, yesterday reported a maiden net profit of $507.5 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2005. Citibank Singapore, which received its qualifying full bank license from the Monetary Authority of
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      203 18 -DOW JONES Yellow Pages reported that full-year net profit rose 42 per cent from a year earlier despite lower revenue. Net profit for the year ended March 31 was $14.5 million, or 9.18 cents per share, up from $10.2 million, or 8.66 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue
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      Lock icon OUE shares rise on stake sale
      450 18 BLOOMBERG Counter up after UOB sells 55% of the company to Lippo for nearly $1 billion SHARES of Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) advanced as much as 5.2 per cent after United Overseas Bank (UOB) sold a 55-per-cent stake that it owned in the hotel
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        111 18 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed marginally lower. "There aren't any fresh leads for the broad market, and buying is limited to a handful of stocks," said a local trader. The ST Index ended down 5.11 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,439.91 points. Decliners led advancers 358 to 209,
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.6328 UK£ 0.3403 Yen 71.285 HK$ 4.9079 RM 2.3051 Euro 0.4968 Rupiah 5860.1 Baht 24.319 Peso 33.388 AS 0.8354 Indian Rs 29.038 Won 598.34 CS 0.6999 Yuan 5.0785 NZ$ 0.9974 NT$ 20.273
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        World markets
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold US$/oz 651.00 Silver US$/oz 12.73 Platinum US$/oz1,298.10 Rubbor cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brant USS/barrel 424.25 1/403.50 70.56
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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    • business news
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        303 20 Dow Jones ■AFP Tat Hong, the world's largest crane company in terms of fleet size, reported that its net profit more than doubled for the fiscal year ended March 31 on a 32-per-cent rise in turnover. Income for the year rose to $44.3 million, or 9.76 cents per share,
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        Lock icon Bullish on China stocks
        443 20 -BLOOMBERG Resilient to slump in emerging markets, they may rally further CHINA'S 10-month stock market rally survived the longest losing streak for emerging markets since 1998, and prices may rise further as local investors sink more of their US$l.9 trillion ($3 trillion) of savings into domestic
        -BLOOMBERG; BLOOMBERG  -  443 words
    • business of personal finance
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        Got a problem with a financial firm? Try these
        539 22 NOT sure what to do when you have a problem with your financial institution? Money Sense shows you the two steps to take to resolve your problem over a financial product that you have bought or the service standards of a
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        Reporting a matter to the MAS
        214 22 IF YOU suspect that a financial institution has committed any wrongdoing, you should report the matter to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Matters which the MAS would be concerned about include: Market misconduct issues such as the giving of inappropriate or misleading advice,
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    • Impact the business of marketing
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        Going into high gear
        393 24  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Caltex launches a new marketing blitz for its regional business <> shobha@newstoday.com.sg TO DRIVE home the efficacy of its new petroleum product containing Techron, an exclusive fuel-cleaning ingredient, Caltex Asia recently announced the offer of a tanker load of quality fuel as a lucky
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        Great deals at Courts
        240 24  -  KESANG DEMA kesa ng@newstoday.com.sg COURTS, one of the country's biggest electrical, IT, and furniture retailers, has launched a new marketing blitz called the Obscenely Big Sale for the Great Singapore Sale. The sale, which offers discounts of up to 90 per cent, ends on June 30.
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        855 25  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Why a diverse student body is one of SMU's greatest assets shobha@newstoday.com.sg AS THE best universities of the world will vouch, students benefit significantly from education that takes place within a diverse setting. After all, said experts, a substantial portion of a good university's curriculum
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        334 25  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg DHL, the leading express and logistics company, recently garnered several Platinum and Gold awards at the Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Awards 2006. The awards were based on the results of an annual, region-wide consumer brand preference
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        101 25  - Ogilvy Mather Singapore wins big JANE CHIAPOCO ADVERTISING agency Ogilvy Mather (O&M) Singapore took home a Yellow Pencil award at the prestigious D&AD Awards in London last Thursday. O&M Singapore won the Yellow Pencil award in the Illustration/Poster Advertising category for its campaign for the antacid drink, Eno. The agency
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          106 26 M 1 enterprise customers will be the first in Singapore to enjoy free email with M 1 Windows Mobile Email a solution that allows users to access corporate email with their mobile devices securely on the go. Available from Thursday, M 1
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          127 26 AMD LAUNCHES SOCKET AM2COMPATIBLE DUAL-CORE CHIPS AMD has announced the availability of the Athlon 64 FX-62 and the Athlon 64 X 2 5000+ dual-core processors that are compatible with AMD's new socket AM2 platform. Socket AM2 is designed to enable nextgeneration platform innovations such as AMD Virtualisation and high-performance, unbuffered
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        580 26  -  TREVOR TAN IN FLORIDA Wheels are in motion to bake multimedia features into Blackßerry devices trevor@newstoday.com.sg MOBILE professionals who choose to use a Blackßerry handset for the fabulous convenience of its push-email service probably look in envy to the person next door wielding a mobile phone
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        393 26  -  -ARIEL TAM IN ONE of its latest efforts to strengthI en the software development community in Singapore, Microsoft has opened an Innovation Center here. The establishment is part of a global network of 60 Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) designed to support and grow
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        658 27  -  ELAINE NG Hosted software a boon for customers with limited resources elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg I SOFTWARE as a service I (SaaS) is all the rage, and customer relationship management (CRM) is one area that has gained popularity as an on-demand offering. CRM SaaS vendors are ramping up their
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        213 27  -  -TEOXUANWEI I SHARING documents online can help compaI nies become more efficient, since employees can access information anytime. That is, if the employees can find the documents they want in the mess of folders and subfolders. To address this problem, the
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      151 26 vViiy N*" Un'mnitr in England" NmK Unhfenlfy Of by Guardian University Guide, May'ol Sj!\^ SMMmsMtmmlmmA 'Tha B*ut New Unnrtmhy in tin UK i^Reae*\fdi' »U"*W"Ol*M byTheTimes,Dec'&lt;H MBA (Incorporating BTEC Advanced Professional 9 f *0««7«#«y Diploma in Management Studies) Final Year Degree BA(Hons) Business Management **»€S, OOU Final Year Degree B Eng(Hons)
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      232 28 The Beastie Boys (left) They began life as frat-boy pranksters in the late 80s, but New York-based hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys wised up and began fusing funk, punk rock and soul into their beats. The result was Paul's Boutique from 1991, an undisputed hip-hop classic that also
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      406 28  -  Zul Othman Musicians love to deviate from their established genres -but to what effect? EXPERIMENTATION, as any music fan knows, allows rock stars to broaden their horizons A and explore newer aspects of M this thing we call music. I In recent years, the out-« comes
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      140 28 Kylie Minogue (left) She started off as a teenybopper singer, a squeakyclean Australian soap opera seductress for the pre-teen Smash Hits set. In the waning years of the Stock Atiken and Waterman pop factory, however, Minogue began to vamp it up while also experimenting with edgy dance producers
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      485 28  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg THE quest for fame is a funny thing: It gives a bunch of wannabe pop stars the fire to do the unpredictable (which includes, occasionally, some decent singing). It also produces plenty of melodrama, tailor-made for the reality show voyeur. Last week's Singapore
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      IT DOESN'T GET UGLIER
      207 29 Duran Duran (right) New Romantic hasbeens Duran Duran attempted to pay homage to the musicians The Doors, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and Neil Young-that had influenced them on the 1995 all-covers album Thank You. However, the results were so dreadful that even the band didn't want
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      417 30  -  Amazing Race winners want to show people how to travel cheap AMELYNN LIONG a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg SO GOOD are hippies BJ Averell and Tyler Macniven at travelling on a shoestring that the newlycrowned winners of The Amazing Race 9 plan to make travel shows on that theme.
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      264 30 -DPA CANNES (France) British director Ken Loach's historical drama The Wind that Shakes the Barley yesterday won the Palme dOr for best film at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, which stars Cillian Murphy, recounts events during the Irish rebellion against British rule in
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      Organic Slimming storms into Singapore
      441 31 Always wondered how celebrities manage to slim down so soon after giving birth? Or how they never seem to grow a day older? Well, the truth is out! And it's not beyond the reach of ordinary people like you and I! Jin Yin Ji has
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          121 32 I^l.liH.lit.W There's something heroic about the Pet Shop Boys. At a time when rock is back with a vengeance, the British duo have continued to play up their reputations as electro-pop dinosaurs while still managing to conjure up an engaging ninth fulllength studio album in Fundamental. While this effort
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          126 32 HFHHJF Jack White has proven himself to be a highly talented singer, despite the fact his genrebusting outfit The White Stripes were initially dismissed as gimmicky owing to its guitars-and-drums-only approach to blues-infused rock music. The Raconteurs, however, are a different kettle offish. Formed by White and
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          117 32 Junkie XL When your biggest hit was a remix of an Elvis Presley song, namely A Little Less Conversation, there's always the danger of being labelled a one-trick pony. Tom Holkenberg (aka Junkie XL) knows this, so it's no surprise to learn that his fourth album Today was designed
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        MY FAVOURITE ALBUM
        156 32 This week, we ask Gerrie Lim author of In Lust We Trust, his peek into the billion-dollar American porn industry for his pick. GERRIEUM ON 808 DYLAN'S HIGHWAY'6I REVISITED: This is the one rock album that has influenced me more than any other. Now considered revolutionary, it
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        550 34  -  REETA RAMAN WORLDNOTOBACCODAY ...there's a higher chance of diabetes, even if you're a passive smoker: Study reeta@newstoday.com.sg IN A study that could offer new evidence of the dangers of second-hand cigarette smoke, researchers have found that people who are exposed to it may be more likely to
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        559 35  -  -JANICE GOH EATING three eggs a day does not increase the risk of heart disease in healthy elderly people, according to the Egg Nutrition Centre (ENC) in Washington DC, which researches and provides information on eggs and its nutritional
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          68 35 Cancer survivors, come celebrate World Cancer Survivors Day with fellow survivors, family and friends at a one-day fun-filled learning programme in Sentosa. Date: June 3 Time: Bam to spm Venue: Sentosa Registration/Enquiries: $15 per person, $8 per child (between four to nine years old). Call
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          108 35 A variety of topics will be covered at this public forum which will focus on your child's growth and puberty years. Some of the topics include ways to optimise your child's growth and puberty, how to manage your child's weight if
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          36 35 Couples, find out how you can have a healthy baby at this public forum. Date: June 3 Time: 2pm to 4.30pm Venue: Jurong Regional Library Registration/Enquiries: Free. Call 6665 1570. Limited seats available.
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        655 36  -  REETA RAMAN Moviescan help individuals and couples resolve their conflicts reeta@newstoday.com.sg SOON, the next film you watch could help you stop bickering with your loved ones. It all started 16 years ago when Dr Gary Solomon began researching the impact movies had on individuals and
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      119 29 31 May 4 June 2006 (Wed Sun) V 12 noon -10 pm Singapore Expo Hall 5A J We'll be kicking off our biggest event jM\ Bt of the year Motherhood Exhibition -fl |[*&gt;] L Ti l{t)'i'M^W B 2006! There'll be all kinds of products *^BiJ"7Vl*-1 •JA .V| /|J B and
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      131 36 jf Combining her career as a yf researcher and writer with a variety of personal time hobbies •^--s-^T such as jazz dancing and golf, sArJj^ Louisa-May leads life fulfilled but one prone to both mental and physical fatigue. Fortunately, she has discovered the benefits of v *Me*\ mUm\, vita' ener9y
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      32 36 HEALTHUNE TOPIC FROM THE HPB Need help to quit your smoking habit? Call the Quit Buddy at Health Promotion Board's Health Line at 1800 848 1313 from May 29 to June 4.
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      538 38 IJ!l4Wj:l'jf r f I ■1 2 3 I I YOUR nOHOSCOPETODAY by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21 April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) H Refuse to let anyone get the better of you. Take on a new way of doing things. SomeYou'll be emotional and this can lead to
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        466 39 —AFP Spaniard chalks up 54 successive winning matcnes to the Spaniard. "When I saw nim win in Rome I knew he would break the record because I knew he would go beyond the first round here," he said. Vilas was quick to point out
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      531 40  -  JOSE RAYMOND Norizan rebuilding Malaysia for Asian Cup finals next year TIGER FC CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE Singapore v Malaysia jose@newstoday.com.sg AFTER finishing third in two successive football tournaments, Malaysia have reason to feel that they are slowly climbing out of a rut. In January 2005,
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      202 40  -  —JOSE RAYMOND TAMPINES Rovers yesterday completed the signing of national skipper Aide Iskandar for the rest of the 2006 NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League season. Confirming a report in yesterday's edition of Today, Aide signed a loan deal with the Stags. The 31-year-old is currently under
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      374 40  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg RONALD Susilo is set to continue his comeback when he takes on No 7 seed, Kuan Beng Hong of Malaysia, in the opening round of the Singapore Aviva Open 2006 (June 6-11) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium next Tuesday. Since rupturing his Achilles
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      268 42 -AP BERLIN The German government said yesterday that a mix-up with YIP tickets had opened an avenue for black-mar-ket trading in some of the best seats for the World Cup. Security-conscious organisers have insisted that fans will only be allowed into games with a
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      Lock icon Totti recovery on track
      486 42 —AP Italy playmaker appears backto his best after leg surgery FLORENCE Francesco Totti could be ready for Italy's World Cup opener against Ghana on June 12, after playing an entire 70-minute match against a local amateur team on Sunday. The game was Italy's first warm-up match
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      324 42 —AP BRUSSELS, Belgium The sporting goods industry and world customs authorities said yesterday that legitimate businesses could lose millions of euros from the sale of fake World Cup merchandise. The counterfeit goods include team shirts, balls and other items being sold to fans for this
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      441 43 -THE GUARDIAN But Paraguay claim they can handle Crouch and Co on June 10 WORLD CUP WARM-UP Denmark 1 Paraguay 1 AARHUS, Denmark Everywhere Paraguay turn they are being written off. After a 1-1 draw in a friendly on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), the Denmark players confidently
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      Lock icon Sealed with a kiss
      40 43 PICTURE OF THE DAY OVERWHELMED after scoring during a friendly match between Germany and Luxembourg on Saturday in Freiburg, Germany striker Lukas Podolski (left) showed team-mate Tim Borowski just how delighted he was. 'If mmmmmmmmmmmmm AP
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      282 43  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg ON JULY 9, a global audience will be transfixed as Berlin, Germany, host the 18th World Cup Final. There will be one other football occasion in the capital city at the time as well the adidas +CHALLENGE Global Finals. And as part
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      Lock icon Germany to get stiffer test
      466 44 —AFP World Cup hosts' true credentials to be examined by Zico's Japan WORLD CUP WARM-UP Germany v Japan LEVERKUSEN -World Cup hopefuls Germany and Japan have a chance to find out where they stand less than a fortnight before the finals when they lock horns
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      Lock icon Klinsmann not committing himself just yet
      349 44 -AP GENEVA Juergen Klinsmann wants to leave a lasting legacy in German football and create a distinct playing philosophy and school of football modelled after Holland, Germany's neighbours and bitter rivals. But the Germany coach has been vague about his future after the World
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      Lock icon No Shevchenko, no problem
      230 44 -AP LONDON The Ukrainians are the only team headed to the World Cup who look like they may be ready for the tournament to begin. Despite missing the injured Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine easily beat World Cup qualifiers Costa Rica 4-0 on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time)
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      Lock icon French coach Domenech defends 'stony-faced' players
      491 45 -AFP COACH BLASTS BACK I can't let that pass it was presented as if we were holed up in a bunker... The players have always respected the fans. If s absolutely scandalous to portray things like that CLAIREFONTAINE, France Raymond Domenech has launched a
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      Lock icon parreira's happy with one warm-up
      507 45 -AFP COACH KNOWS BEST WEGGIS, Switzerland Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has defended his team's World Cup preparations, dismissing concerns that the reigning champions could be found out when the tournament starts. The tournament favourites have enjoyed a relaxed build-up to next month's finals in
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        NO GO FOR IRAN PRESIDENT
        54 46 FOOTBALL-MAD President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not be travelling to Germany to watch Iran's World Cup clashes, his spokesman said yesterday. Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said: "He plays football and likes the game, but I don't know whether he will get the time to watch
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        KAISER HOPES FOR PEOPLE POWER
        74 46 FRANZ Beckenbauer claims the 80 million football fans in Germany can drive the host nation to glory at the World Cup finals. Beckenbauer, head of the World Cup organising committee, admits Germany are not the best team in the competition, but believes fan power can
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        MCBRIDE NABS WINNER
        82 46 BRIAN Mcßride's43rd minute header gave the United States a 1-0 victory over Latvia yesterday morning (Singapore time) as the Americans wrapped up their three-match pre-World Cup "Send-Off Series". The US had lost 1-0 to Morocco and beat Venezuela 2-0, before notching Sunday's win. The Americans open their
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        Lock icon VAN BASTEN PREACHES FITNESS
        77 46 HOLLAND coach Marco van Basten (picture) believes his side need to improve their fitness levels ahead of the World Cup finals. Holland eased to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon on Sunday, but van Basten was slightly unhappy at how his side wilted in the second half.
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      Lock icon It's Crouch and Owen
      523 46 -AGENCIES Beanpole striker gets the nod to fill Rooney's shoes WORLD CUP WARM-UP England v Hungary MANCHESTER Despite all the lobbying for Steven Gerrard to be deployed as a second striker in place of the injured Wayne Rooney, it is Gerrard's Liverpool teammate Peter Crouch who
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      Lock icon Rooney scan brought forward
      323 46 -AGENCIES LONDON England announced yesterday that the next scan on Wayne Rooney's broken foot will now take place on June 7 a week earlier than originally planned. The 20-year-old Manchester United star had been due to fly out to Germany with Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad next Monday
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      Lock icon Time for redemption
      590 47 -AGENCIES ONLY nine teams can win the 2006 World Cup, it's pretty obvious for Today at least. Six are former winners, three others are European giants who have underachieved and no, we are not referring to the Czech Republic. Starting today, we feature the nine countries who
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      Lock icon Waiting on young Messi
      249 47 -AP BUENOS AIRES -Just 18, Lionel Messi is both Argentina's greatest hope and their biggest worry, ahead of the World Cup. The forward, who pulled a leg muscle in March and has been sidelined for months, is now racing to get in shape by the time
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      ARGENTINA FACTSHEET
      142 47 NICKNAME: Albicelestes (White and Sky blue) FIFA RANKING: 4 FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD: This is their 14th Finals appearance. Winners: 1978,1986 Runners-up: 1930,1990 RECORD AT LAST FIVE WORLD CUPS: 1986 Champions 1990 Runners-up 1994 —Round of 16 1998 —Quarter-final loss to Holland 2002 —Round 1 CURRENT TOP SCORER:
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      WORLD CUP TRIVIA
      81 47 Q: DUTCH GOALKEEPER JAN JONGBLOED WORE A JERSEY WITH THE NO 8 AT THE 1974 WORLD CUP. WHY WAS THAT? A Holland broke with the tradition of giving their players numbers in accordance with their positions on the field. Instead, the numbers were allotted in alphabetical order,
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